I agree. Watkins, if brought in as a rook, will get burned his fair share. It's just the way it is....

Like all rookies, Watkins is going to make mistakes, that's a given. But the point I was trying to make is that had the Cowboys had a free safety of Watkin's skills and size last year on their roster, the secondary coach would have put him in there for the last six minutes of the Washington game to take away their deep threat.

He might have gotten burned once by Moss for td but I seriously doubt that he would have been torched for a second time. Unless the synopsis was wrong about his ability to learn from his mistakes.

Like all rookies, Watkins is going to make mistakes, that's a given. But the point I was trying to make is that had the Cowboys had a free safety of Watkin's skills and size last year on their roster, the secondary coach would have put him in there for the last six minutes of the Washington game to take away their deep threat.

He might have gotten burned once by Moss for td but I seriously doubt that he would have been torched for a second time. Unless the synopsis was wrong about his ability to learn from his mistakes.

I agree. A free safety must have a 'bend but do not break' defensive mentality. He knows that he must take away the deep threat first and tackle second. Keith Davis' mindset is to tackle first and defend deep secondly. In other words, he's a strong safety playing free safety. Marcus Coleman was a nice pickup, but if we can get someone who is a natural free safety with height and good speed, we're sitting pretty with Newman, Henry, Williams (and Glenn in nickel/dime situations) in the secondary. Here's hoping that Watkins is that guy.

The scary thing about this pic is that, he's probably on the descent of his jump. If you look at the position of the ball/ arms in relation to his body, one would assume it would be much higher if he was still ascending or at the peak of his jump.

As for the camera angle, I'd say it's pretty much eye level. If it wasn't, it would make his body parts look somewhat disproportioned.